The fifth generation of Konoha Village was booked by me

Natsuhiko knew that this selection would definitely not be easy, because judging from his current behavior, it was as if he chose Minato Namikaze to side with.

Although he deliberately created this and he was mentally prepared, Sarutobi Hiruzen's move was indeed quite cruel.

It can only be said that Hiruzen Sarutobi is indeed the longest-reigning Hokage, and his ability to find opportunities is indeed great.

But Xia Yan didn't care that much. Although he initially thought about using Lizard Maru's strength in this competition, he would defeat all his opponents in one fell swoop.

But now he can't do it, so he won't do it!

He has a lot of trump cards. Some things can be exposed, and some things are not suitable for exposure. He can naturally distinguish them clearly.

And he must also thank Namikaze Minato. If it weren't for him, he would be in a bit of trouble right now.

"Although he did not directly choose to promote himself as captain, this is within his authority, but it doesn't matter."

Natsuhiko looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen in the center of the square with a faint look, and then a smile appeared on his face covered by the mask.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's approach can be seen as knocking on Namikaze Minato, but in the end there is already a gap between him and Namikaze Minato.

In this case, why doesn't the gap become larger?

And he gave himself such a stage. It would be too bad if he didn't take advantage of it.

"And my opponent is actually not as troublesome as I thought."

Looking away, Xia Yan began to think about the opponents he might face this time.

But after thinking about it for a while, he realized that although these people were very difficult to deal with, he was not unable to deal with them.

Among the ANBU, the people who most want to compete for the position of captain are basically members of big families who have entered the ANBU.

On the one hand, they entered the Anbu to express their attitude to Konoha's senior management, and on the other hand, they also hoped to gain the influence of the Anbu.

It can be said that the entire ANBU structure consists of a very small part of civilian ninjas, a part of them are family ninjas, but the largest part is orphans left over from the war.

Whether it was Hiruzen Sarutobi or Tobirama Senju who founded ANBU, they neither hoped nor could they allow the big family to truly have enough influence in ANBU.

As for the actual number of captains in the hands of family ninjas, it cannot be said that there is none, but it is definitely too few.

Xia Yan's opponents this time will involve family ninjas, but more of them will be children from orphanages.

Xia Yan guessed that his opponents would have both types of people, but the order of these two types of people could be adjusted to each other.

For example, if you go all the way to the last round, there is a very high probability that your opponent will be a family ninja!

Just imagine, the person chosen by the Fourth Hokage becomes the obstacle for the family ninja to become the captain. What will be the consequences?

Therefore, Namikaze Minato might as well cut the knot quickly and choose to directly promote him.

"Then, let's start the first group of games directly." While Xia Yan was thinking, Sarutobi Hiruzen scanned the circle, and then he said directly: "First round, Nightingale and Weasel Cat."

Weasel cat?

Hearing this code name, Xia Yan couldn't help but turn his head and look at the guy wearing a cat-face mask in the middle of his team.

This guy Weasel Cat is Xia Yan's teammate, and he is also a squad leader.

He really didn't expect that the first person he had to deal with would be someone from the same team. This arrangement was really interesting.

Xia Yan was quite familiar with the Weasel Cat, and had performed missions with him after all.

Similarly, Weasel Cat is also familiar with some of Xia Yan's tricks.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's arrangement is very interesting. Let him and Natsuhiko compete in the first game, and I am afraid that a lot of things can be explored.

But Xia Yan is no longer what he used to be. How could he stand still with a plug-in?

Even when he went on missions with Weasel before, he knew it wouldn't be difficult for him to deal with this guy, let alone now!

Xia Yan slowly walked out of the crowd, and soon he reached the center of the square, and Weasel followed his footsteps.

They had not had any communication before, but they had a tacit understanding and kept a certain distance.

They stared at each other and constantly adjusted their breathing and chakra movement, quietly waiting for the announcement of the start of the game.

"I never thought that my first opponent would be you." At this moment, Xia Yan suddenly whispered, his voice sounded very friendly: "I hope you will be merciful then."

"You guy." The weasel cat shook his head. He looked around and then said in the same low voice: "Stop making such jokes. What is your situation?"

"Obviously, the same as you." Xia Yan sighed softly: "It's just that this matter was involved in too many things that shouldn't be involved, and it ended up like this."

Weasel is not stupid. Although he comes from an orphanage, he is very enlightened.

In fact, there are a lot of geniuses in the orphanage. In addition to being a treasure trove for time travellers, it also has a lot of talents of its own.

Kabuto, one of the future bosses behind the scenes in the ninja world and Natsuhiko's biggest competitor, was the one who crawled out of the orphanage.

How could Xia Yan not be tempted by such an excellent place?

But it's a pity that he had the intention but he didn't dare to do it.

The reason is simple, because the entire orphanage is completely under the strict supervision of Konoha.

Orphans are always the best ninjas to cultivate. Whether it is Genbu or Anbu, the favorite ones are actually these war orphans.

All the funds in Konoha's orphanage are tightly tied up, and its purpose is self-evident.

The people who have access to the war orphans in the orphanage are either high-level officials in Konoha or members of large families.

It is impossible for ordinary people to have the opportunity to contact them, and even adoption is a very difficult thing to do.

At Xia Yan's age, there is basically no need to think about it. It is impossible to adopt him.

Secondly, his family background also prevented him from having such an idea. If the Thousand Hands clan were to contact those war orphans, you can imagine how much trouble this would cause.

Therefore, Xia Yan could only give up on this matter with regret. Unless he had enough power, he might not be able to do all this.

"Forget it, but I won't be polite no matter what, Nightingale." Weasel shook his head. He obviously didn't want to dwell on this matter: "Because, I also want to be the captain!"

"Just in time, I also want to see your strength, Captain Weasel." Xia Yan smiled, his tone was very sincere.

At this moment, both of them have adjusted their state, and their momentum has reached its peak.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the two of them quietly, and then he nodded calmly.

"start!"

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